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Like some bad sci-fi movie I can almost hear the seconds of summer slipping away. Leisurely mornings of sleeping in will soon be a thing of the past for both man cub and I. Soon he’ll be starting (gasp!) 10th grade! It still shocks me that I could possibly be the mother of a 10th grade man...
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In just 7 hours man cub will be heading off to a birthday slumber party. Apparently this is something boys still do well into their 20’s. To show the mom my gratitude, I just baked some vanilla bean shortbread cookies. I figure she can hide in her bedroom and wolf them down while a pack...
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Are you a big fan of summer, enjoying lazy days of relaxing, being less scheduled, getting some much needed “r&r”? Or do you suffer from summer guilt, trying to enjoy yourself and your children but really wanting to be productive (which can be almost impossible with kids...
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The Environmental Working Group is one of my favorite organizations - as they publish a report on the safety, efficiency and environmental friendliness of all the personal products I use every day. Here's this week's newsletter - I hope you find it useful.
Lori
Are you sure that your...
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A miracle happened in our house this week and I just had to share. Anyone with older children (well, past the age of 3) may be aware of how quickly your job description goes from “mother” to “nagger.” My son (it seemed to me) couldn’t lift a finger unless I told him...
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Right? Isn’t it summer now? Then why did I start my morning with running to the grocery store, Longs, bank… I thought summer was about sleeping in, hanging out with your friends, playing on the computer, going to the movies… What’s that you say? Only if you’re a...
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How exciting is this, I have 10 more pounds to reach my goal. This morning was my weigh in and I had lost 1 more pound since yesterday so all together for a 7 day week is a 2 pound loss. I see myself in the mirror and everyday and can not believe that it's me. I actually have a waistline. I...
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With a boat and a pool, I grew up in the water. My husband had a pool growing up as well ... Last summer marked eight years of us not having a pool - and we were so tired of driving to grandma and grandmpa's houses to swim!
Last summer we finally put in our pool. The payoff has been...
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It’s that time of year again. I can practically SMELL the pencils being sharpened and hear the moaning as I mention that this week is the last week of summer. Sadly, it’s the last week for us both (my classes start Monday, man-cub’s start Wednesday).
We always like to...
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This summer, at home or on vacation, hours of fun learning can come out of the use of a couple of simple tools, some you can even make! This out-of-school learning inspires curiosity and the wonder of nature in your child while building critical thinking and acute observation skills...
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Once a year my grandparents make the nail biting trip down from Brookings Oregon to Sacramento to visit the family for a week. This isn’t the cute, pretty, foresty part of Oregon. This is the part of Oregon that’s so far away it butts up to the North Pole. It’s a three day drive...
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Summer officially starts tomorrow, June 21. But it started for me last Monday, the first day of no more school (I'm a middle school teacher). I have 2 step kids who live halftime with us, halftime with their mom. This week they were at mom's, so I had the FULL WEEK of just...
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Ok, I don't usually do two blogs back to back... this one is short.
I was talking about wanting a change with my hair on theTALK boards (which now vanished. I'm thinking because it was under Sex and the City?), and just wanted to show the before and after pics.
My son said "I was wrong,...
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Okay - I know it's bad when I slam on my brakes for a gas station that has gas that costs $4.09 a gallon! (South Watt and Fruitridge - by the way)...
I WAS looking towards this summer - but to tell the truth - I'm starting to really worry about how I'm going to get...
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As a kid, I would start the summer countdown right after Christmas. Marking each day off my calendar with big red sharpie X’s. Once I left school, I didn’t think I’d have that same sensation, counting down till summer.
Now, that sharpie is out once again. I can’t...
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